Michael Ceraolo
Definition of
Propaganda
- a work of art
that espouses a position
you don't agree with
Essay on a News
Report (19)
The editorial
page announced a new policy
Henceforth, the Institutional affiliations,
and by implication the biases,
of all guest columnists would be noted
But those of the regular columnists
and anonymous editorial page writers
would not
A Wednesday Afternoon
on East Boulevard
Many local poets
and poetry lovers
gathered on the grounds of an elite private college
to commemorate the centenary of Hart Crane's birth
Those reading his poems in celebration were sometimes
drowned out
by the roar of the diesel engines of commerce;
were ignored by the passing pedestrians;
were mocked by the proximity of a library wing
that commemorated corporate greed
yet provided no shade from the sweltering summer sun
Atop inscriptions from his poems the statue of the poet
stood,
hat in hand like a hobo in a Thirties Hollywood movie,
gazing across the street at the Art Museum's lagoon,
dreaming of another watery grave
Chart of an Astrology
Believer
Your brain is
always in
Uranus
Michael,
I love you, Michael... Kathy.
